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How to make Firefox save history and suggest cites

Firefox does not save any of the cites I have visited, and therefore does not suggest cites to visit. I have checked out many other threads with this question but they somehow don't solve my problem. In preferences I have already done/allowed the following: I already have search suggestions on, allow Firefox to save history, and on the "Address Bar" tab I have ticked all of the three boxes.

If it is relevant I have ticked the standard option on content blocking. I understand nothing, it did not use to be like this.

Thank you for your help!

Firefox does not save any of the cites I have visited, and therefore does not suggest cites to visit. I have checked out many other threads with this question but they somehow don't solve my problem. In preferences I have already done/allowed the following: I already have search suggestions on, allow Firefox to save history, and on the "Address Bar" tab I have ticked all of the three boxes.
If it is relevant I have ticked the standard option on content blocking. I understand nothing, it did not use to be like this.
Thank you for your help!

"Search suggestions are disabled by default in Private Browsing mode. You must explicitly turn them on in a Private Browsing window to enable them in that mode. "

Another thing you could do :

Type in the address bar about:config and press Enter
(promise to be careful, if asked)

Type in the search bar and look for the preference :

keyword.enabled and make sure its value is set to true

If you had to change the value, then close and restart Firefox.

Probably a rhetorical question, but in Preferences => Privacy & Security => under "History" => "Firefox will" - is it set to "Remember history" ?

Hello em.molokken,
Would you please make sure that you're not in permanent private browsing mode :
Preferences => Privacy & Security => History
Choose : "Use custom settings for history"
Make sure that "Always use private browsing mode" is unchecked.
See [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/search-suggestions-firefox this article] and scroll down to where it says :
"''Search suggestions are disabled by default in Private Browsing mode. You must explicitly turn them on in a Private Browsing window to enable them in that mode.'' "
Another thing you could do :
Type in the address bar '''about:config''' and press Enter
(promise to be careful, if asked)
Type in the search bar and look for the preference :
'''keyword.enabled''' and make sure its value is set to '''true'''
If you had to change the value, then close and restart Firefox.
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Probably a rhetorical question, but in Preferences => Privacy & Security => under "History" => "Firefox will" - is it set to "Remember history" ?

In case errors are reported with "Verify Integrity" close and restart Firefox and retry.

If "Verify Integrity" cannot repair places.sqlite, rename/remove all places.sqlite and favicons.sqlite files in the Firefox profile folder.
Firefox will rebuild places.sqlite and restore the bookmarks from a recent JSON backup in the bookmarkbackups folder.

keep a backup copy of places.sqlite in case a new places.sqlite database has to be created

If you use Sync then best is to disconnect Sync temporarily during troubleshooting.
You can check for problems with the <b>places.sqlite</b> and <b>favicons.sqlite</b> files in the Firefox profile folder.
*use "Verify Integrity" button on the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page
In case errors are reported with "Verify Integrity" close and restart Firefox and retry.
If "Verify Integrity" cannot repair places.sqlite, rename/remove all <b>places.sqlite</b> and <b>favicons.sqlite</b> files in the Firefox profile folder.
Firefox will rebuild places.sqlite and restore the bookmarks from a recent JSON backup in the bookmarkbackups folder.
*keep a backup copy of places.sqlite in case a new places.sqlite database has to be created
See also:
*https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Bookmarks+not+saved#w_fix-the-bookmarks-file
*https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/fix-bookmarks-and-history-will-not-be-functional
You can use the button on the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page to go to the current Firefox profile folder or use the <b>about:profiles</b> page.
*Help -> Troubleshooting Information -> Profile Directory:<br>Windows: Show Folder; Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox

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Hi Mccoy, yes I had all of these as they should be already. Another solution?

And cor-el, I don't even know what this means. What should I do on this Verify identity thing? I can just open it and then I see a bunch of html codes. I don't know what you mean with "In case errors are reported with "Verify Integrity" close and restart Firefox and retry." because there comes no error code or nothing when I look at it.

Another useful information for you might be that I have tried to keep the bookmarks toolbar on Firefox shown, but after every time I close Firefox the bookmarks toolbar disappears.

Thanks.

Hi Mccoy, yes I had all of these as they should be already. Another solution?
And cor-el, I don't even know what this means. What should I do on this Verify identity thing? I can just open it and then I see a bunch of html codes. I don't know what you mean with "In case errors are reported with "Verify Integrity" close and restart Firefox and retry." because there comes no error code or nothing when I look at it.
Another useful information for you might be that I have tried to keep the bookmarks toolbar on Firefox shown, but after every time I close Firefox the bookmarks toolbar disappears.
Thanks.